Olympic Green

The Olympic Green is the Olympic Park, which was newly built for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

The nearly 800 -acre complex, located in the north of the city, approximately 8.5 kilometers to the extension of the axis north of the Forbidden City. Especially towards the north the terrain has a more pronounced character of the park with forests, streams and lakes as well as ornamental modeled hills, so that the Beijing population now stands a real public park available after the conclusion of the Olympic Games.

Competition venues and facilities in the Olympic Green

Beijing National Stadium

The Beijing National Stadium, nicknamed the " Bird's Nest", is the centerpiece of the project. Here took place the opening and the closing ceremony in addition to the athletics competitions and football finals. The stadium possessed during the Games with a capacity of 91,000 seats, but this was reduced to 80,000 seats after the Games.

National Aquatics Center

The National Aquatics Center (with its eye-catching honeycomb seal) swimming, arts and tower jumping and synchronized swimming competitions were held. It is located 150 m away from the National Stadium and had a capacity of 17,000 seats, which was reduced to 6,000 after the Games.

National Indoor Stadium

The National Indoor Stadium was the venue for the World Handball, Gymnastics and Trampoline Gymnastics competitions. It joins just north of the National Aquatics Center and is with 19,000 seats, the largest hall, which was used in the 2008 Olympics.

Olympic Green Convention Centre

In the Olympic Green Convention Centre, the competitions were conducted in fencing. Furthermore, were housed the International Broadcast Centre and the Main Press Center at the Olympic Green Convention Centre. The center covers an area of ​​270,000 m².

Olympic Green Hockey Field

On the Olympic Green Hockey Field hockey competitions were held on two fields. The 11.87 hectare site could accommodate 17,000 spectators. The construction of the best equipped Hockey Field of China took two years. Still, it was already before the start of the Olympic Games is a done deal that the plant will be demolished after the Summer Olympics.

Olympic Green Archery range

On the Olympic Green archery competitions were held in archery. It consisted of 9.22 acres and could accommodate 5,000 spectators. In this system, it was known from the outset that they would not be permanent, but that the land would be transformed into a green space.

Olympic Green Tennis Centre

Tennis and wheelchair tennis were held in the Olympic Green Tennis Center, which opened on October 1, 2007. The facility is located in the northwest of the Olympic Park and covers an area of 16.7 hectares. It has 10 competition and 6 training courses that can accommodate up to 17,400 spectators.

Olympic Village

Also, the approximately 66 -acre Olympic Village is located northwest of the Olympic Green. It consists of six 22 -storey and 20 nine - storey buildings. The more than 1,500 apartments have a relatively high ecological standard and were awarded before the Olympics almost entirely to private buyers.